Chords for Vince Gill & James Taylor - Bartender's Blues

[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I'm just a bartender, [F] and I don't like [Dm] my work,
_ [G] but I don't mind [Am] the money [C] at all.
_ _ [F] _ [C] I see lots of sad faces, _ [F] lots [Dm] of sad cases,
of [G] folks with their backs [C] to the wall.
[C] _ [G] _ [F] And [C] I need four walls around me [F] to hold [Dm] my life.
_ [G] Keep me from [A] going [G] _ [C] astray,
_ _ [F] _ [C] in a honky _ -tonk angel [Bb] to [F]
hold.
[Dm] _ _ _ [G] Keep me from slipping _ [C] away.
_ [G] _ [Am] _ [Em] [C] I can light up your smoke, _ [F] laugh at [Dm] your joke.
[G] I can even fall [Am] down [B] on [C] my knees,
_ [B] _ _ [Em] [C] and gas up my car, [F] and close [Cm] down this [Dm] old bar.
I [G] can pack a _ [G] meal [C] in my key.
[G] _ And [Cm] I need four walls [C] around me [F] to hold.
[Dm] _ _ _ [G] Keep me from going _ [C] astray,
_ [G] [B] in [Em] [C] a honky-tonk angel [Bb] to [F]
hold [Dm] me tight.
_ [G] Keep me from slipping _ [C] away.
_ [G] _ [Am] _ [G] [C] Now the smoke fills the air _ [F] in this honky [Dm]-tonk bar,
and [G] I'm thinking about where I'd [C] rather be. _
_ [G] _ [B] _ [C] But I burned all my bridges, [F] sank all [Dm] my ships,
[G] and I'm stranded at the edge of [C] the sea.
_ [G] _ [C] And I need four walls around me [F] to hold my [Dm] life.
_ [G] Keep me from going _ [C] astray,
_ [B] _ in [C] a honky-tonk angel [F] to hold.
_ [D] _ [Dm] _ [G] Keep me from slipping [C] _ _
away,
[G] _ [B] _ [G] [C] in a honky-tonk angel [F] to hold [D] me tight.
[Dm] [G] Keep me from slipping _ [F] away.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ Yeah.
He _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] wrote that song!
[G] Oh, [D] _ no, I did not know you knew that [N] tune.
_ _ [Ab] _ _